8/22/2011 - According to an article at CattleNetwork.com, "In its annual report on farmland values, the U.S. Department of Agriculture found a 6.8 percent increase in the value of farmland from 2010 to 2011. USDA put the average value of farm real estate at $2,350 per acre, with cropland values at $3,030 per acre and pastureland values at $1,100 per acre."

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